Fastener for ladies&#39; hats.



No. 740,797. 1 I PATENTED OUT. 6, 1903.

J. T. BLUFF.

FASTBNER FOR LADIES HATS. APPLIQATIQN FILED JULY 16,. 1903-. EEO IODEL.

WITNESSES: .INVENTOI? I I M Z% V UNITED STATES Patented October 6, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FASTEN ER FOR LADIES, HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 740,797, dated October 6, 1903.

Application filed July 16, 1903. Serial No. 165,893. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN THOMAS Bnonrya citizen of the United States, residing at Rossore for Ladies Hats, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings. I

This invention relates to ladies hat-fasteners; and the object of myinvention is to produce a simple, durable, and inexpensive device of this class which will afiord a secure fastening for the hat and which will permit the hat to be quickly placed and secured on and removed from the head.

To the above purposes my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the preferred form of hat-fastener. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section ofa hat and my invention applied thereto, and Fig. 3 is a similar view to show a slight modification in the construction.

In the said drawings the letter a indicates an arched resilient strip, of metal or other suitable material, terminating in forked or comb-like ends I), which are oppositely arranged so as to be directed toward each other by forming return bends c in'the said strip. The forked ends are preferably made curved, as shown, to ,better adapt the tinesthereof to enter the hair of the wearer and, when the device is in its secured position, to conform to the shape of the head. The said strip is To protect the hat-crown from being abraded by friction with said bars, I surround the same with eyelets 9 within the apertures provided in the hat-crown. The aforesaid strip with its forked ends and the said draw-bars are preferably made of a single piece, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, but, if desired,-may be made of an assemblage of parts, as shown in Fig. 3.

- When the hat is to be fastened upon the head, the forked ends of the device are pulled apart with the hands by means of the drawbars to the position indicated by broken lines in Fig. l. The hat is then placed upon the head, and by releasing the hold upon the draw-bars the forked ends of the device are by the resiliency of the strip forced into engagement with the hair and hold the hat firmly in place until said ends are released by being pulled apart with the draw-bars.

The device is extremely simple both in its construction and operation and is well adapted to the purposes for which intended.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As anew article of manufacture, a hatfastener comprising a resilient strip formed with reverse bends and terminating in oppositely-arranged forks, means to secure the said strip to the hat-crown, and means for moving the said forks away from each other, such means consisting of bars secured to the strip adjacent of the said bends and adapted to extend through apertures in the diametrically opposite sides of a hat-crown, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described device, comprising in combination with a hat, of a resilient strip it provided with bends c and terminating in forked ends I), a fastening d, bars e and eyelets g, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN THOMAS BLUFF. l/Vitnesses:

I. A. RELGH, W. R. BRADEN. 

